What You Need to Know about Whole-House Humidifiers and Mold

Dry air in your home can result in a host of health concerns. Respiratory ailments, dry skin, and bloody noses to name a few. Plus, there are the frosty hands and feet that come from the chill, dry air. In addition to your body thriving on proper humidity, your home likes it better too! Porous surfaces in your house—like hardwood floors and woodwork—may become parched and damaged in dry air. Whole-home humidifiers offer moisture to your home’s air, making it more comfy and healthier. They are available in a couple primary configurations: bypass and fan-powered.

Bypass humidifiers bring in warm air from a home’s heat ducts and direct it through a water panel. The air absorbs moisture and goes back into the air stream and is sent throughout your home.

Fan-powered humidifiers work like bypass humidifiers, but utilize a fan that blows air across the water panel for more water evaporation.

Simple Maintenance Ensures Efficiency and Inhibits Mold Growth Maintenance on whole-home humidifiers is usually very straightforward. If you use a humidifier with a water panel, like a Lennox Healthy Climate Whole-Home Humidifier, you simply need to replace the water pad inside once or twice during the year. (This is dependent on how much debris enters your home’s ventilation system—for instance, if you have pets or have had construction inside your home, you might need to change it a couple of. Failure to exchange the water panel may result in less operational efficiency.

The humidifier pads inside Lennox models are designed especially for uniform, high evaporation. They also have a scale control insert that efficiently traps mineral deposits, which are often the cause of damage to working parts in regular humidifiers. The minerals and solid residue not captured by the replaceable humidifier pad are flushed down the drain. The drain also eliminates the concerns caused by stagnant water. This is the most effective and least expensive method of disposing of trouble-causing minerals.

Learn More About Whole-House Humidifiers Now that you know how basic it is to utilize a whole-house humidifier, you can focus on the healthy bonuses of having one. Ask the professionals in Vancouver at Air Pro Heating & Cooling LLC which model would work best for your home and feel the comfort it can provide! Give us a call at 360-464-1094 to arrange an appointment.

With more than 100 years in the field, Lennox has continuously offered industry-leading innovation and technology while maintaining stringent durability and reliability standards. The experts at Air Pro Heating & Cooling LLC help bring those standards to Vancouver so that you can always maintain complete home comfort. If you’re in the market for a new HVAC system or even if you just have a question about what we carry, give us a shout at 360-464-1094 or set up an appointment with our online scheduler, we’d love to hear from you.